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That might be a bit harsh, but Barnes clearly has become the new Christian Laettner of the Dream Team, the guy who rides the pine. After scoring eight points in 20 minutes of Team USA's opening blowouts of China and Venezuela, Barnes was on the bench for the next three games -- narrow wins over Australia, Serbia and France.

I mean, Andres Nocioni mentions were in my Twitter feed and Barnes was nowhere to be found. It was crazy.

Finally, as the U.S. spanked Argentina to reach the semifinals, fans called for him. Kinda. Then they went back to flaming him.